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Birds and Other Wildlife
during the 
Focus On Nature Tour 
in Iceland

in June  2011


List compiled by Armas Hill


 Photo at right: Atlantic Puffins, 
photographed in Iceland 
Dates:  

June 10-17, 2011


Code:

(ICr):        rare in Iceland
Links:

List of Birds during FONT Iceland Tours     A Complete List of Iceland Birds 

A List & Photo Gallery of European Birds, in 2 Parts:P
Part #1: Grouse to Puffin     Part #2: Sandgrouse to Buntings

Icelandic Wildflowers  (with some photos)

A Directory of Photos in this Website

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Iceland   


Bird-List:

  1. Rock Ptarmigan  _____
    Lagopus muta islandorum
  2. Whooper Swan  _____  
    Cygnus cygnus
  3. Greylag Goose  _____ 
    Anser a. anser
  4. Mallard  _____
    Anas platyrhynchos
  5. Northern Pintail  _____
    Anas acuta
  6. Eurasian Wigeon  _____
    Anas penelope
  7. Eurasian Teal  _____
    Anas crecca
  8. Tufted Duck  _____
    Aythya fuligula
  9. Greater Scaup  _____
    Aythya m. marita
  10. Long-tailed Duck  _____
    Clangua hyemalis
  11. Harlequin Duck _____
    Histrionicus histrionicus
  12. Common Eider  _____
    Somateria m. mollissima 
  13. King Eider  (ICr)  _____
    Somateria spectabilis
  14. Common Merganser (or Goosander) _____
    Mergus m. merganser
  15. Red-breasted Merganser _____ 
    Mergus serrator
  16. Red-throated Loon  (or Red-throated Diver)  _____ 
    Gavia stellata
  17. Common Loon  (or Great Northern Diver)  _____
    Gavia immer 
  18. Northern Fulmar  ______ 
    Fulmarus glacialis auduboni 
  19. Manx Shearwater  _____
    Puffinus puffinus 
  20. Leach's Storm Petrel  ______
    Oceanodroma leucorhoa
  21. Horned Grebe  (or Slavonian Grebe)  ______  
    Podiceps a. auritus  
  22. Northern Gannet  ______
    Morus     (formerly Sula) bassens
  23. Great Cormorant  ______
    Phalacrocorax c. carbo
  24. Merlin  _____
    Falco columbarius subaesalon      (endemic Icelandic subspecies)

  25. Eurasian Oystercatcher  _____ 
    Haematopus o. ostralegus 
  26. European Golden Plover  _____ 
    Pluvialis apricaria altifrons
     
  27. Ringed Plover _____
    Charadrius h. hiaticula
  28. "Eurasian" Whimbrel _____
    Numenius p. phaeopus
  29. Black-tailed Godwit  _____
    Limosa limosa icelandica      (endemic breeding Icelandic subspecies) 
  30. Common Redshank _____
    Tringa totanus robusta
  31. Dunlin  _____
    Calidris alpina schinzii
  32. Sanderling  _____
    Calidris a. alba
  33. Ruddy Turnstone  _____
    Arenaria i. interpres
  34. Common Snipe _____ 
    Gallinago gallinago faeroeensis
  35. Red-necked Phalarope _____  
    Phalaropus lobatus
  36. Parasitic Jaeger (or Arctic Skua) _____
     Stercorarius parasiticus
  37. Great Skua   _____
    Stercorarius skua
  38. Black-headed Gull  _____ 
    Chroicocephalus     (formerly Larus) ridibundus
  39. Little Gull  (ICr)  _____
    Hydrocoloeus     (formerly Larus) minutus
  40. Common Gull  _____
    Larus c. canus
  41. Iceland Gull  _____
    Larus g. glaucoides 
  42. Glaucous Gull _____
    Larus h. hyperboreus
  43. Herring Gull  _____   
    Larus argentatus argentatus
  44. Lesser Black-backed Gull  _____
    Larus fuscus
  45. Great Black-backed Gull  _____
    Larus marinus
  46. Black-legged Kittiwake _____
    Rissa tridactyla
     
  47. Arctic Tern  _____  
    Sterna paradisaea
  48. Black Guillemot  _____
    Cepphus g. grylle
  49. Common Murre  (also called Guillemot)  _____
    Uria a. aalge
  50. Thick-billed Murre  _____
    Uria lomvia
  51. Razorbill  _____ 
    Uria torda islandica
  52. Atlantic Puffin  _____
    Fratercula a. arctica
  53. Common (or Feral) Pigeon _____
    Columba livia
  54. Short-eared Owl  _____
    Asio f. flammeus
  55. Barn Swallow  _____
    Hirundo r. rustica
  56. "Icelandic" Eurasian Wren  _____ 
    Troglodytes troglodytes islandicus      (endemic subspecies in Iceland)

  57. Northern Raven  _____
    Corvus corax varius
  58. Northern Wheatear  _____   
    Oenanthe oenanthe leucorrha   
  59. Redwing  _____
    Turdus iliacus coburni
  60. Common Blackbird _____
    Turdus m. merula
  61. Common Starling  _____ 
    Sturnus v. vulgaris
  62. Meadow Pipit  _____
    Anthus p. pratensis 
  63. White Wagtail  _____
    Motacilla a. alba
  64. "Icelandic" Common Redpoll  _____
    Carduelis flammea islandica      (endemic subspecies in Iceland)

  65. Snow Bunting  _____   
    Plectrophenax nivalis insulae  



Other Wildlife during the FONT tour 
in Iceland in June 2011

Harbor Seal  _____